Orionbelt Semantic Layer MCP Server

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Local serverstdioPython

What is the Orionbelt Semantic Layer MCP server?

Adding it to your client

orionbelt-semantic-layer on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Configuration

You will need 3 environment variables: API_BASE_URL, API_SERVER_HOST, CUSTOMER_ID. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the orionbelt semantic layer mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by ralfbecher; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

How to install the Orionbelt Semantic Layer MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orionbelt-semantic-layer": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["orionbelt-semantic-layer"],
      "env": {
        "API_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "API_SERVER_HOST": "your-value",
        "CUSTOMER_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
API_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
API_SERVER_HOSTEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Optional
CUSTOMER_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

It connects Orionbelt Semantic Layer to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Orionbelt Semantic Layer directly.